[ale] Leaving Linux for Outlook plugin

[Scott Castaline]

Tim Watts wrote:
> Gotta say, Jim, that was my 1st thought. So one plugin is going to save her so 
> much work AND offset the negatives of switching to Outlook/XP? In the words 
> of Seinfeld, "That is one magic loogie".
I find it amusing that you mention Seinfeld in this, being that he was 
in a commercial for M$ Bli$ta.
> 
> 
> On Friday 21 November 2008 11:40 pm, Jim Kinney wrote:
>> That sounds like a total snow job of a sales pitch this recruiter has been
>> hit with. I would be very interested in seeing a plugin that would so
>> improve outlook that it approaches the functionality of Thunderbird...
>> </sarcasm>
>>
>> How about just outlook in wine?
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 7:43 PM, PairOfTwins 
> <PairOfTwins at mindspring.com>wrote:
>>> Anyone:
>>>
>>> A recruiter who has been enjoying Linux for years asked me to replace it
>>> with XP!  Regrettably, she explains that a special Outlook plugin would
>>> save her so much work she could cut back her assistant's hours.  I'm
>>> suggesting XP in a VM, but she's hesitant due to speed issues.  Also it
>>> seems that this Outlook plugin would save stuff to her desktop, and
>>> she's afraid of having stuff spread across her Linux desktop and XP
>>> desktop.
>>>
>>> Any suggestions would be appreciated...
>>>
>>> A nice VM that put an Outlook icon on her Linux desktop, and saved to
>>> her Linux desktop...
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Tom
>>>
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